7.4: Climates

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using public transportation and there by reduce the affects of greenhouse gases.

• burning fossil fuels

• texting on cellphones

• eating meat

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 What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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What gas from the list below is a cause for global warming?

• Urethane
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide

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What do scientists think the effect will be of having more greenhouse gases in our atmosphere?

• More warming of the atmosphere
• More cooling of the atmosphere
• More air in the atmosphere
• Less air in the atmosphere

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T/F: Water vapor is a greenhouse gas

• True
• False

T/F: Some greenhouse gases are naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere

• True
• False

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Which of the following is an example of a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon Dioxide
• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Neon

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Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ____________ in the atmosphere.

• water
• gases
• heat
• water vapor

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What are greenhouse gases?

• gases that cause climate change
• gases that emit green smoke
• gases that are used to make green colored glass

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Which of the following gases DOES NOT trap heat?

• carbon dioxide
• nitrogen
• water vapor
• methane

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